We’re finally ready to do a giveaway from the wonderful Dragonite and Dratini plush which is a part of the Taiki-Bansei line of goods.

We’re happy to be offering this giveaway with our partner Meccha Japan! Using code PKJ5 will net you a 5% discount when buying from their online store and they carry a wide variety of Pokémon goods from Japan.

Band Pikachu winner
Before we let you know how to win Dragonite, we need to let everyone know the winner of Band Pikachu! The lucky person drawn was @ronaldstaana! Congratulations! We hope you make some rad music with your new friend.
How to enter the giveaway
Use the form on Gleam! Please note there is one other requirement: you need to follow Meccha Japan on Twitter! Supporting them helps us continue to host giveaways for all of you!
You must be 13 years of age or older and anyone under 18 needs parental permission to participate.
Dragonite Plushie GiveawayGood luck everyone! Remember to get your free daily entry by visiting this post every day until the contest ends next Tuesday!
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I’m having so much fun in Shield!!
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A new Morgana Report for P5S (I think it’s called Travelling Morgana Newsletter now) came out yesterday. It explained some things and talked about some new stuff. To go over the stuff explained, what is essentially the Metaverse in this game is called Jail (Yes, really).
The Phantom Thieves go to look into this in Shibuya, but the police, mainly public security police officer Zenkichi Hasegawa (Voiced by Shinichiro Miki), suspect the Phantom Thieves as being behind this. The PTs explore Jail in an effort to cleat their names, but find out that Shibuya isn’t the only place with Jail, so they make off to Sendai, the city of Date Masamune.
There, they meet up with a famous light novel author by the name of Ango Natsume (Voiced by Daisuke Kishio) at an autograph signing with hundreds (probably) of fans, though they seem to follow him a little too blindly. They also meet up with Kuon Ichinose (Voiced by Yoko Hikasa), who seems to really like beef tongue, since she goes “one sidedly espouses” it (I’m not really sure what that means, and looking up the definition didn’t help).
Moving on from characters, while Shibuya’s Jail had that weird J-Pop nightmare, Sendai’s Jail is more medieval, there’s a giant castle and Shadows named after the four heavenly kings. Moving on to gameplay, this game has a system called “BAND”, which basically increases the PTs’ stats as the story progresses. Each of the PTs can gain special unique skills called “Master Arts”. Sophia also sets up a shop where you can buy equipment. Each city has a unique shop too.
According to Persona Central (Which is where I got all this info from), “The third newsletter will be released in December 2019, covering another location out of Sapporo, Osaka or Okinawa.”. God, this game already looks amazing, the UI especially (Seriously, this UI is arguably better than even P5). Cannot wait.
Dragapult is literally perfect for this plushie line lol
Croagunk
Toxicroak
Oranguru
Arctovish
Dracozolt
These are the remaining five mons i need in the dex. If anyone can trade me them temporarily for their data that’d be great because they’re all Shield exclusives.
I’ve logged into Gleam, but when it asks for my birthday it won’t accept it, like I didn’t type anything in. I’ve had no problems entering previous contests. :/
Yessss Cynthia is coming to Masters in January. I can use all 24,000 gems they’ve given me in the past month to pull her xD
Special Max Raids for Gigantamax Snorlax starting from December 4th. Nice.
New info
It’s grown huge—as have the leftovers of its meals
The Berry seeds and small rocks that were tangled in its belly fur have undergone explosive growth thanks to the power of Gigantamaxing. With a tree sprouting upon its belly, this gigantic form of Snorlax has the majesty of a great mountain.
Unshakeable strength
Whether because of the great weight of its stomach or its unchanged natural disposition, this Gigantamax Pokémon almost never moves. When the time comes to do battle, it lifts its upper body by just a tiny amount and attacks by flailing with its arms and legs. At first glance, you might think it’s not very serious about battling—but these actions pack a tremendous punch. In fact, Gigantamax Snorlax is said to be one of the strongest Dynamax Pokémon discovered.
The G-Max Move G-Max Replenish
When Snorlax is Gigantamaxed, its Normal-type attacks will be transformed into G-Max Replenish. G-Max Replenish doesn’t merely deal damage to targets—it can also restore any Berries that Gigantamax Snorlax’s allies have eaten during the battle!
Thwackey
Passionate about practicing with its sticks
Grookey’s Evolution has caused its stick to change as well—by splitting into two sticks. Thwackey now uses these sticks to keep rhythm. It devotes itself entirely to its practice with these sticks, so
that it will be able to drum faster and longer than anyone else. Sometimes Thwackey becomes so focused on its practice that it doesn’t even hear the orders of its Trainer.
Living every day in rhythm
To develop its sense of rhythm, Thwackey keeps the beat alive during its daily life. It walks while swaying back and forth to a beat and drumming with its sticks. It always feels the beat. Some Thwackey have even been seen to keep rhythm while eating.
Big Boye
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Reverse Torterra
Apparently Inteleon has a knife in its tail, I’m assuming a retractable barb
Ok last sh*tpost I promise but Pokémon had it in for me
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During my first run a pokemon I expected to replace but actually pulled it’s weight even up to the league was Orbeetle.
A Pokemon I loved and eded up loving even more was Dreadnaw, specially with Swift Swim.
A Pokemon I wanted to use a lot but ended up falling short was Obstagoon.
A Pokemon I was unsure of but wanted to give an opportunity to and disappointed me anyway was Sandaconda.
Which Pokemon did this for you?
@slushrush:disqus I’m ready whenever you are
okay sec
4921 link code
Just saw the info released by the Pokémon company about the starter evos. Makes me love this trio even more! I look forward to using the other two in the future! And can I just say how I love how they did reveals this gen? They revealed a bit but not too much. Was so much fun discovering new things for the first time in these games such as seeing Impidimps evos for the first time. Easily my favorite fairy type now! Kind of hope they do a similar reveal cycle in gen 9 though I know some will disagree completely with me.
Why is Rhydon on route 10 anyway? Also for a final route it’s really lame and linear. I knew that would be the case based on the map unfortunately
Route 10 is also the only place where you can catch Stonjourner, even though it appears in the battle background of Route 4 lol.
https://twitter.com/SerebiiNet/status/1199710689889271808
POKEDEX COMPLETE YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
Gigantamax Snorlax: Look at me…. I am the route now.
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Tip; you can in fact obtain the ”version exclusive” fossil items from the digging duo, but its full on RNG and it could cost you into the thousands of Watts. I was lucky and got the ones i needed within 25 mins, but it could take you hours if you’re unlucky.
Also, make sure you only use the left brother, he has a higher chance of digging up rare items but will fatigue quicker than the right brother often digs up more items but of lesser value/more common.
I’m still missing the Fossilized Drake. The Digging Duo are so inconsistent too. Like, the one on the right says he’s got a lot of stamina, and then he gets tired after digging up 1 treasure.
Man i love this trio!!
Cinderace is this super great blend of super cute and super strong with a whole lotta energy and it just fits me perfectly!
Rillaboom is just badass but he’s actually super chill and that’s such a nice dynamic! Easily one of my favorite grass starters!
Intelleon-
An ape, a furry, and a scaley. Perfectly balanced
They gave Rillaboom a poor HA though, really disappointing.
Is there anyone who would be willing to help out with a few trades that I need to finish my Pokedex? I need Milotic (I have Feebas + Prism Scale), Appletun (I just need the Sweet Apple; I can give you a Tart Apple in exchange), Aromatisse (I can give you a Swirlix w/ Whipped Dream), Rhyperior (I have Rhydon + Protector), Accelgor & Escavalier (I have both prevos but I need the other person to trade them respectively), and finally a Zacian/Zamazenta trade back.
Starting the hunt for my 2nd shiny pokemon of gen 8!
Which one?
Aurora got her Fire badge! Kabu was harder than I imagined, even with Drednaw. Jeff will have it easier with Drizzile, which he will face off against Kabu later today.